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Jehu
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Jehu (; , meaning "Yah is He"; ; ) was the tenth king of the northern Kingdom of Israel since Jeroboam I, noted for exterminating the house of Ahab. He was the son of Jehoshaphat, grandson of Nimshi, and possibly great-grandson of Omri, although the latter notion is not supported by the biblical text. His reign lasted 28 years.
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Jehu
- Royalty.image
- Jehu on the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III.jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Jehu on the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III
- Royalty.succession
- King of Israel (Northern Kingdom)
- Royalty.reign
- 28 yearsc. 841–814 BCE (Thiele)c. 842-815 (Albright)
- Royalty.coronation
- Ramoth-Gilead, Israel
- Royalty.birth_date
- c. 882 BCE
- Royalty.death_date
- c. 814 BCE
- Royalty.burial_place
- Samaria, Kingdom of Israel
- Royalty.predecessor
- Jehoram
- Royalty.successor
- Jehoahaz
- Royalty.issue
- Jehoahaz
- Royalty.father
- Jehoshaphat
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Israel
- Place of birth
- Samaria
- Place of death
- Samaria
- Child
- Jehoahaz
- Father
- Jehoshaphat
- Occupation
- monarch
- Image
- Jehu on the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III.jpg
- Convicted of
- regicide
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- Commons category
- Jehu
- date of death
- 0814-00-00
- date of birth
- 0876-00-00
- place of burial
- Samaria
- name in native language
- יְהוּא
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Biblical narrative
- Proclamation as king
- Jezreel and the deaths of Jehoram and Jezebel
- Reign
- Archaeological evidences
- Tel Dan Stele
- Black Obelisk
- In popular culture
- See also
- Notes
- External links
Jehu (; , meaning "Yah is He"; ; ) was the tenth king of the northern Kingdom of Israel since Jeroboam I, noted for exterminating the house of Ahab. He was the son of Jehoshaphat, grandson of Nimshi, and possibly great-grandson of Omri, although the latter notion is not supported by the biblical text. His reign lasted 28 years.
William F. Albright has dated Jehu's reign to 842–815 BCE, while E. R. Thiele offers the dates 841–814 BCE. The principal source for the events of his reign comes from 2 Kings.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jehu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.